Anyone remember this shop? It was situated the other side of the road to Highfields Library but going towards Sharrow Lane a bit. It sold,plywood,hardboard and cut stuff to size. Maybe 3 blokes served in there. Guessng around 1960. Thanks.

That was called Wilkinsons (believe it or not! :D)

They were there until at least 1979/1980 when we moved away. We lived on the street behind, and my mother worked a couple of doors down, in old man Shepherd's ironmonger/hardware shop.

About 10/15 years ago, when Wilks' had closed down, the shop that took over sold decorated pine furniture. It's now divided up, into two retail units with flats above.

Thanks Plaintalker. Your repy is much appreciated. At the back of my mind, I'd got the name Wilkinson, but thought surely my memory can't be that good! , so thanks for that. I bought a lot of stuff there over the years and found it a very good shop. Now here's a very, very longshot. In 1945, I worked in a shop called SPIERS at No. 32 London Road opposite the Hermitage. As I pass weekly, I still see the old office window, untouched from all those years ago. Amazing it's untouched by redevolpment. I used to walk down some wooden stairs and into Boston Street facing The Boston pub., then on there -there used to be some houses. (The wooden Staircase is still there leading to the small offices above where I worked.). Reminds me of something out of a Charles Dickens story.